A handful of G20 cases still grinding through the system

Two-and-a-half years after G20 protests gripped Toronto’s downtown core, a handful of related court cases are still grinding through the system.

In its biannual update on G20 prosecutions, released Thursday, Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney-General said of the 326 people prosecuted by the provincial Crown, 313 have had their matters completed.

About two-thirds of those charges were stayed, withdrawn or dismissed, while four dozen people pleaded guilty. Other cases ended in peace bonds or through direct accountability, a process that allows some low-risk offences to be addressed outside the criminal court system, through sanctions such as community service.

Five accused remain before the courts — including protester Eva Botten, who goes to trial on mischief charges next month — while police have warrants outstanding for another eight individuals.